The division was rated as a fourth-class division.
6th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 11. | 20. | 11. | 20. | 12. | 20. | 12. | 24. | 12. | 24. |
| 35 Fus. | 35 Fus. | 24. | 64. | 64. | ||||||
| 12. | 24. | 12. | 24. | 64. | 396. | 396. | ||||
| 64. | 64. | |||||||||
| 3 Jag. Btn. | ||||||||||
| Cavalry. | 3 Hus. Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 3 Hus. Regt. (3 Sqns.). | 3 Hus. Regt. (5 Sqns.). | 5 Sqn. 3 Hus. Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 6 Brig.: | 6 Brig.: | 6 Brig.: | 6 Art. Command: | 64 Art. Command: | |||||
| 3 F. A. Rgt. | 3 F. A. Rgt. | 3 F. A. Rgt. | 3 F. A. Rgt. | 3 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 39 F. A. Rgt. | 39 F. A. Rgt. | 39 F. A. Rgt. | 1 Abt. 3 Ft. A. Rgt. (Staff and 2 and 4 Btries). | |||||||
| 1087 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1168 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1205 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 3: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 3: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 3: | 3 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. 3 Pions. | 2 Co. 3 Pions. | (now 116 Pion. Btn.): | 3 Co. 3 Pions. | |||||||
| 6 Pont. Engs. | 6 T. M. Co. | 3 Co. 3 Pions. | 5 Co. 3 Pions. | |||||||
| 6 Tel. Detch. | 6 Pont. Engs. | 5 Co. 3 Pions. | 6 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 6 Tel. Detch. | 6 T. M. Co. | 64 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 6 Tel. Detch. | 6 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 6 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| 2 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | Ambulance Co. | 8 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| Field Hospital. | 29 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 31 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 233 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | 539 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
| Attached. | M. G. Co. to the 12 Brig. | 242, 244, 245, and 246 Mountain M. G. Detch., Naumburg Landst. Inf. Btn. (IV C. Dist. No. 11). | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(Third District—Brandenburg.)
1914.
At mobilization the 6th Division formed, together with the 5th Division, the 3d Army Corps (Berlin).
Charleroi-Marne.
1. At the beginning of the war the 3d Army Corps belonged to the 1st Army (Von Kluck). Entered Belgium August 4 and the 11th Brigade made part of the unit which attacked Liège. Its reservists rejoined it there. The 12th Brigade crossed the Belgian frontier August 15; then the division, completely filled up, marched via Tongres, Louvain, and Hal. It fought the 24th at Mons and Frameries. Going via Villers-Cotterets (Sept. 1), La Ferté-Milon, it arrived at Petit-Morin September 4. Engaged the 6th between Montceaux and Courgivaux on the left of the 5th Division. Obliged to retreat, it established itself on the right bank of the Aisne in the region of Soissons. It remained there until the end of June, 1915.